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   [white house]
   Trump: so we're bombing venezuela now
   Trump: no reason, really, just because
   Trump: we just had all these bombs lying around
   Trump: and we thought
   Trump: why not
   JD Vance: masterful gambit, sir

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     @bitterkarella For anyone that may not know:
     https://gizmodo.com/larry-niven-tells-dhs-to-spread-organ-harvesting-rumors-370762

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     Trump: don't puke too hard pal, you'll tear your face lift
     Vance: hahaha good one boss!
     Trump: shut up
     Vance: right away boss!!! shutting up right now, boss!!!

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     Niven: okay but mr president
     Niven: surely you need us to advise you on your next step
     Niven: for example, a lot of Venezuelans were probably injured and maimed in those indiscriminate bombings
     Niven: what if we spread a rumor about organ traffikers to keep them out of hospitals?
     Niven: eh? eh?
     Niven: that one never goes out of style!

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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     Niven: you kidnapped the president of venezuela?
     Trump: yeah and his wife
     Niven: and his wife?
     Trump: very rude woman
     Trump: ugly too
     JD Vance: haha yeah boss she sure was!
     Trump: shut up
     Vance: sure thing, right away boss!

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     Pete Hegseth: [lurching drunkenly into office] Mr President, we need to bomb caracas to secure the future of the white race
     Hegseth: America has bombed korea, Iraq and Afghanistan
     Hegseth: and by gum it put them on the map!
     Hegseth: [violently vomits]

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     Niven: now there's more than one way to do regime change
     Niven: but it is as intricate and precise as a well-played game of chess-
     Trump: we already kidnapped the president
     Niven:

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     Niven: you did what
     Trump: yeah we kidnapped the president of Venezuela
     Trump: "kidnapping"
     Trump: an old word but a beautiful one!

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     Trump: i don't remember Vietnam
     Niven:
     Niven: well, i was for it
     Niven: and i think history has vindicated me on that front

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     Niven: anyway, SIGMA has plenty of members who specialize in military sci fi
     Niven: we could advise you on how to do regime change
     Trump: no we already did it
     Niven: you did it?
     Trump: yeah
     Trump: 20 minutes ago

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     Niven: mr president, we heard you were thinking of starting a war with venezuela
     Niven: for freedom, right?
     Trump: no, oil
     Niven:
     Niven: i mean, yeah, i know, but
     Niven: you're not supposed to say it
     Trump: who are you again

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     Niven: let me tell you, i am all for this war
     Niven: i have a spotless reputation of war endorsement
     Niven: you might remember a little war called Vietnam?
     Niven: well, i was for that

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     Niven: of course
     Niven: for security purposes, we have to keep our identities hidden
     Greg Bear: I'm Greg Bear
     Niven:
     Niven: really, greg???
     Niven: every freakin' time

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     Bear: i'm greg bear
     Elizabeth Moon: lay off him, he's trying!
     Niven: get this guy out of the room before i--!!
     Bear: i'm greg bear
     Moon: c'mon, greg, let's go wait in the hall

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     Larry Niven: MR PRESIDENT, MR PRESIDENT!
     Niven: we heard the news and we came as fast as we could
     Trump: who's this
     Niven: we are
     Niven: SIGMA
     narrator: SIGMA is the secret code name for a think tank of costumed science fiction writers dedicated to advising the president on matters of their expertise (see issue #43 - ed)